Xtreme Couture head coach Eric Nicksick thinks Dricus Du Plessis would struggle against Alex Pereira . Du Plessis (22-2 MMA, 8-0 UFC) welcomed Pereira’s challenge after he submitted Israel Adesanya to retain his middleweight title at UFC 305 . Light heavyweight champion Pereira proposed they fight at middleweight, but Du Plessis prefers 205 pounds . If they did fight at light heavyweight, Nicksick thinks Du Plessis’ striking style would finally catch up to him against Pereira (11-2 MMA, 8-1 UFC). “So comparison-wise think about what Alex Pereira would do to a guy like Jiri Prochazka, and Jiri is very similar in the way of Dricus in the erratic behavior of the way he throws his punches,” Nicksick told Submission Radio
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